Everything Grows Quotes

“Have you ever accidentally swallowed a piece of celery without chewing? The feeling of its weight lodged in your throat, scraping its way down. You think you’re gonna choke, but your throat takes over and digests it, and it takes all the wind out of you. You need to lie down, catch your breath, maybe even take a nap.
That’s how it feels to come out each time.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“What happens when we say something out loud? Does it become more real? Is it any less really when we keep it to ourselves?”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“I feel like my body is in a waiting room.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“I never want to be known. I’d rather be alone than have everyone talk about me and bother about my life. That’s why I want to be an astronaut. I just want to travel into space and stay there. Be somewhere where no one else goes.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“You are finding your colors
Your wings are expanding
Don’t be afraid of your butterfly
Your flight is the best part of living”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“And then I remember Aunt Wenda saying, “Well, isn’t this just like life. Feels like it’s all together, but there is always, always something missing. Something amiss.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“Sometimes school feels like a rerun of a canceled television show. We see the same people in the same mint green hallways wearing the same outfits having the same conversations. It’s not that nothing happens, it’s just that we so quickly forget what came before all this.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows

“It is never really about what you are striving to get or achieve. It’s the journey.”
― Aimee Herman, Everything Grows